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God's Battalions

The Case for the Crusades

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God's Battalions

By: Rodney Stark
Narrated by: Bob Souer
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A respected and controversial scholar argues that the Crusades were a justified war waged against Muslim terror and aggression

This book takes on the current vogue in liberal thinking to argue that, in fact, the Crusades were not unprovoked. They were not the first round of European colonialism. They were not conducted for land, loot, or converts. The Crusaders were not barbarians who victimized the cultivated Muslims. They sincerely believed that they served in God’s Battalions.

In the wake of many recent books justifying Muslim holy wars by criticizing the historic use of violence by Christians, Stark presents the other side of the story. Drawing upon a wide variety of sources, Stark argues the facts and figures about why and how Christianity attempted to secure the Holy Lands and protect the safety of Christian pilgrims.

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©2009 Rodney Stark (P)2025 HarperCollins Publishers Christianity Europe History Islam Medieval Crusade Imperialism War

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The side of the story that is never mentioned

Listen to this audiobook to listen to the side of the story that is never told about the crusades. All you have probably heard about the crusades is that they were barbarous and that is was basically the beginning of western colonialism. It is time that you heard the truth.

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